The man pointed up the harbor, and said he could have her ready in a few minutes.
“Do you go out to sea in her?”
“Oh, yes! go to Majorca in her,” replied the boatman, quite excited at the prospect of a large job.
“Can you take us to Tarragona in her?” continued the young Spaniard, to whom the felucca suggested the best means of getting away from Barcelona.
“Certainly I can: there is no trouble about it.”
“How much shall you charge to take us there?”
“It is fifteen leagues to Tarragona,” replied the boatman, who proceeded to magnify the difficulties of the enterprise as soon as the price was demanded.
“Very well: we can go by the railroad,” added Raimundo, who fully comprehended the object of the man.
“Your officers will see you if you go into the city,” said the boatman, with a cunning smile.
There was no longer any doubt that the fellow fully comprehended the situation, but the fugitive saw that he would not betray them; for, if he did, he would lose the job, which he evidently intended should be a profitable one.